Terrific video from Toronto, Canada taken with a high speed camera. The video captures several lightning strikes and shows the progression of multiple lightning leaders in the distance as they travel towards earth. Really cool. The main flashes occur at 1:32, 2:57, 4:57, and...

Popular Science magazine has identified the University of Florida Lightning Laboratory as one of the nations “Most Awesome College Labs”. The U of F lightning facility triggers lightning strikes using model rockets. Recently, the U of F researchers found that lightning strikes emit X-rays – an important discovery about the inner workings of lightning. See the Popular Science article here:...

New video taken by an Ikea worker on their break. Lightning strikes a light pole in the parking lot. Watch how all the surrounding lights die once the pole is struck. Somebody needs to head over to Home Depot for some new fuses and a couple light bulbs.

An interesting story from Japan where researchers investigated local farming lore that lightning increases mushroom production. After a four year study the researchers found that short bursts of high voltage (100kV) would produce up to 80% more mushrooms. See the news article here:...

A helicopter flying over New York City captures dramatic video of a lightning strike to the Empire State Building. Helicopter Video Captures Empire State Building Lightning Strike at night! from RCKenpilot on...